Question 1

Each of the following is true of eyewitness testimony except it ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   is unreliable
B)   can be affected by what the witness imagined
C)   is vulnerable to distortions based on suggestions the witness receives after the event
D)   is not essential in most criminal casesE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 2

If the most recent theories regarding the capacity of short-term memory are correct, then ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   five sentences should be easier to remember than five words
B)   five sentences should be as difficult to remember as five words
C)   five sentences and five words should both be easier to remember than five letters because the words and sentences have inherent meaning
D)   five sentences should be more difficult to remember than five wordsE) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

A psychologist flashes a sequence of five letters (such as STWLG)  on a screen in front of you and then asks you immediately to count backward from 1000 by 7s. After a few seconds, she asks you to recall the five letters. This psychologist is most likely studying the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   effect of proactive interference on STM
B)   use of semantic codes in LTM
C)   role of decay in STM loss
D)   relative effectiveness of rote and elaborative rehearsalE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 4

The capacity for short-term memory is greater with visual coding than acoustical coding.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A)   Repetition without any intent to learn does not enhance long-term memory.
B)   Rote rehearsal is not effective in learning items such as ABCs.
C)   Extensive rote rehearsal is as efficient as elaborative rehearsal for permanent memory.
D)   The more an item is repeated, the more improvement will be shown in later recall.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

Summarize the research on the reliability of eyewitness testimony.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Summarize the research on the reliability of...

Question 7

The capacity of long-term memory is virtually limitless.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

When you listen to a conversation or song on the radio, or watch a television show, you are using ________ to hold onto and think about new information coming in from the sensory registers.

Accepted Answer

A)   shadow memory
B)   long-term memory
C)   memory icons
D)   short-term memoryE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Repeating an item more often improves long-term recall.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The phenomenon in which memories are not lost, but are transformed into something at least partly different from what they were originally is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   proactive interference
B)   eidetic memory
C)   reconstructive memory
D)   retroactive interferenceE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 11

Tim is studying for a test. After seven consecutive hours of studying, he finds he can remember what he studied five or six hours ago, but he cannot remember what he studied just ten minutes ago. Tim's memory problems are best explained by ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   retrograde amnesia
B)   proactive interference
C)   memory diffusion
D)   retroactive interferenceE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 12

In Sperling's experiments, people were able to remember about ________ of 12 letters in a given row presented to them if he waited a full second between presenting the letters and asking people to recall them.

Accepted Answer

A)   11-12
B)   4-5
C)   1-2
D)   8-9E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

The inability to recall events immediately preceding an accident or injury, but without loss of earlier memory is called ________ amnesia.

Accepted Answer

A)   retrograde
B)   psychogenic
C)   psychotropic
D)   retroactiveE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 14

The best way to transfer information from short-term memory to permanent memory is rote rehearsal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The process of selective looking, feeling, listening, smelling, and tasting is called attention.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Proactive interference of long-term memory means ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   new material represses short-term memories
B)   old material interferes with remembering new material
C)   old material has eliminated memories of new material
D)   new material interferes with remembering old materialE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 17

Becoming instantly enraged at the sight of a Nazi swastika is an example of a(n)  ________ memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   procedural
B)   semantic
C)   emotional
D)   episodicE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Procedural memories are dependent upon the amygdala.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Today, many psychologists view how memory operates as being similar to how a computer stores and retrieves data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Different domain specific memory systems ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   can operate at the same time, but moderately interfere with each other
B)   cannot operate at the same time
C)   can operate at the same time with very little interference
D)   can operate at the same time, but greatly interfere with each otherE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Exam 6: Memory

The process of selective looking, feeling, listening, smelling, and tasting is called attention.

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Tim is studying for a test. After seven consecutive hours of studying, he finds he can remember what he studied five or six hours ago, but he cannot remember what he studied just ten minutes ago. Tim's memory problems are best explained by ________.

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Summarize the research on the reliability of eyewitness testimony.

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The best way to transfer information from short-term memory to permanent memory is rote rehearsal.

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Repeating an item more often improves long-term recall.

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A psychologist flashes a sequence of five letters (such as STWLG) on a screen in front of you and then asks you immediately to count backward from 1000 by 7s. After a few seconds, she asks you to recall the five letters. This psychologist is most likely studying the ________.

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In Sperling's experiments, people were able to remember about ________ of 12 letters in a given row presented to them if he waited a full second between presenting the letters and asking people to recall them.

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Each of the following is true of eyewitness testimony except it ________.

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Which of the following statements is true?

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Today, many psychologists view how memory operates as being similar to how a computer stores and retrieves data.

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The capacity of long-term memory is virtually limitless.

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Procedural memories are dependent upon the amygdala.

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The capacity for short-term memory is greater with visual coding than acoustical coding.

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If the most recent theories regarding the capacity of short-term memory are correct, then ________.

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The phenomenon in which memories are not lost, but are transformed into something at least partly different from what they were originally is ________.

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When you listen to a conversation or song on the radio, or watch a television show, you are using ________ to hold onto and think about new information coming in from the sensory registers.

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Different domain specific memory systems ________.

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Proactive interference of long-term memory means ________.

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Becoming instantly enraged at the sight of a Nazi swastika is an example of a(n) ________ memory.

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The inability to recall events immediately preceding an accident or injury, but without loss of earlier memory is called ________ amnesia.

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